Quotes About Savings

Forethought and temperance are the virtues which produced thrift, and with thrift the economic progress of society. And those are the virtues which today are gravely compromised.

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.

Money you know you need or want to spend in the next few years is savings. Money you keep handy for an emergency belongs in savings. Money you hope to use soon for a down payment on a house belongs in savings. And all savings belong in a low-risk bank savings account or money market account.

Credit card interest payments are the dumbest money of all.

Overwhelming, student loan payments are holding millions back from buying homes, starting families, and saving for retirement.

It is in all our interests that the government, when buying goods or services, pays the lowest price.

It pays to be a fee fiend.

That's part of being an entrepreneur - you watch your pennies.

You watch the pennies, and the dollars take care of themselves.

If you put nothing away for retirement, I can tell you, to the last penny, how much you will have when you retire: nothing.

A pension is nothing more than deferred compensation.

Most private-sector folks don't get a pension.

Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.

I had a pension that I was paying into for 27 years... It's now worth less than a Herman Cain endorsement.

I never had the money to start a pension - I didn't start to make any real money until I was 58 - and now it's not worth much.

I assume I must have a pension, but I don't know for sure. I have heard of ISAs, but I can't tell you if I have any.

When I've had money I've always spent it. I don't invest. A pension? Yes, it's called my talent.

The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions.

You want 21 percent risk free? Pay off your credit cards.

It's almost embarrassing how much support I have. I mean, I always tell people I feel like I'm perfectly set up to have cancer. I have great health insurance, I have a savings account. I have work lined up. I have friends and family. I have the best doctors I can get.

I always say, waste not, want not, which is a terrible cliche the British invented during the war to get kids to eat their whole-wheat bread, but when I say it I mean, waste not money on boring old rent when it can be un-wasted on Chloe jeans.

Misers' money goes twice to market.

There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.

Frugality is misery in disguise.